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ALABAMA v. UNITED STATES

No. 82.

282 U.S. 502 (1931)

ALABAMA v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Thomas E. Knight, Jr., Attorney General of Alabama, and Oscar W. Underwood, Jr., with whom Messrs. A.A. Evans and Charlie C. McCall, Assistant Attorneys General, and H.C. Kilpatrick were on the brief, for petitioner.

Solicitor General Thacher, with whom Assistant Attorney General Rugg and Messrs. Bradley B. Gilman and Erwin N. Griswold were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit brought in the Court of Claims by the State of Alabama to recover from the United States a tax imposed by the law of the State upon the privilege of manufacturing and selling hydro-electric power, together with interest at eight per cent. and a penalty of fifteen per cent. for failure to pay the tax when due. The...

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